I’ve been thinking... (ooh, don't hurt yourself)
With the decrease in opportunity and probability of getting a job, so
should the level of effort that an applicant should be expected and have to put
in to an application – or at least the average one.
This notion seems actively considered as many of the now mandatory online application
processes have been shortened; from the discouraging 15 page inquiry of
yesteryear to a quick couple of clicks.
Employers don’t even read CV’s anymore: they either send them through a
computer keyword search which randomly picks 5 or so interviewees out of a
suitable 100 (I know..), give the digital toilet paper to HR groups who only
look at a CV for 2 seconds before deciding whether or not to punch a hole in
it.
They don’t really have a choice though, because, now, one supermarket job can get a
thousand applicants...
